Combination spread and garment



May 13, 1930. A. KORFF 1,758,323

COMB I NAT I 0N S PREAD AND GARMENT Filed Aug. 7, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l may May 13, 1930. A. KORFF COMBINATION SPREAD AND GARMENT Filed Aug. 7; 192a ZSheets-Sheet 2 INV TOR.

WWW v Patented May 13, 1930 i 1 AT N FT: 1

F-FEQE nnivonn xonrr, or NEW Yetta-"1v. yjynssrenoii sipsa es ro cjimn A, L QE I i PMB STAI SPREAD amma .The presentinvention relates to an article of manufacture and has for its obj set to provide an article which canb einterchangeably used eitheras 'a 'garment'or a spreadsuch as 1' 5 a blanket, lieadcoveror the like, for'use by military people, campers,*hikers and the like.

Such article isfvery useful-in that it eliinis hates-separate blankets, raincoats, 'overcoats or. other protective garments Wlth the conseio quentreduction of weight." Thenalso it afmaking the article of a single piece; of mate-- rial or fabric so thatby simplyfolding about a wearer and connecting together soine of the foldedfparts, the article becomes convertedinto a coator similar garment of neat appearance resemblingpne' speciallymade as a garment. p

A further objectv is to provide the piece i'of material with an extra flap which when folded into a garment Willform a head covering.

. A further object is to so construct the'article, that the manipulation thereof in converting' from garment to spread and vice versa will be extremely simple.

W'ith these and other objects in view my invention consists of a new article of manufacture and a method of making it as will be tioned objects; Fig. 2 is a View showing the initial stage in the transformation from -c-ov-' ering to garment; Fig. 3 shows a completely 5 converted articlenow shown as a garment; Fig. 4 is a section on lines ll of 2 showing more in detail the method of folding certain portions of said article to form the 7 completed garment; Fig. 5 is a View of a erchangeable into a garment Another object' isto raia... method of l hereinafter more fullydescribed and defined 3 modified detail and Fig. 6 shows the article n i -ajs a afar-rad includes themodified detailof Fi E 'Thenw article comprises aisubstaiitially rectangular piece of fabric 10 which may be of wool,-canvas, rubberized clothor the like, 353

or may consist of a materialfbuilt up of several layers 'ofY'clotlnrubber "and the like.

About centrally arranged in: said fabric is a slitjor incision {of sufficient size to readily permit the passage of a persons' head, and at 1 opposite edges of said cloth and symmetri- :6, by means of which said fabric may be readily folded 'orconverted into' a garment.

The slit 12' has-a flap 16-sewed or otherwise permanently attached by one edge to one side of said slit as at 17 The opposite edge of said flap is provided with suitable T 7 fastening'means, such as button holes, snap fastener members or'the like which. will fastenon to corresponding buttonsor snap fastener members I 18 suitably arranged along the othere'dgeof the slit 12." Likewise each' z5 ofthe slits 12,13,14aand 15 have similar flaps 19, 20,21, and 22, respectively similarly attached and provided with similar fastening means gwhereby. when the flaps are all fastenedfas is'flap 16 tl1e sections A, B,"C will :89

appearas a-sin'gle rectangular piece of fabric and as such canjserve as a spread, such as blanket, tent cover or the like.

"IFastened as at 23, near one of the lateral slits, as 14-isa belt 24: or the like and'on r theifnner or'lo'wer face of the-fabric fastened near-"slit lllas' at 25am su'pportingstraps 26 having1fastening elements 27, Said belt andstraps are forthe purpose hereinafter described The mode of converting the article from aspread into garment will now-be described. When the article is used asa blanket or theflike the fiaps ltj, 19, 20, 21f and 22 are fastened along their open edges to the' body 5 portion,-'so that the latter forms a flat piece of substantially rectangular-shape- To convert this piece into agarmentthe flaps 'I'nentionedjabove are unfastenedand then the piecefoldediaround the body of'thewearer P13 as follows: First, the spread is folded transversely through the centre, or along the cen-' tral slit (Fig. 2) through which the'head of the wearer is passed. By this folding the r 5 lateral parts of section B will fold around the outstretched arms of the wearer and form sleeves after'the flaps of oneset-of-slits as 19 and 20 are fastened to the-corresponding fasteners 18 associatedwith the othersetof its wrapped position. The section C is'then wrapped about the "wearer to the front of his 20 body andcovering section A.- The belt 24 which is attached tojthe; rear part or section (yer the piece is'then folded around thewearer thus holding. the section C in place;

-The flap 16 along the central slit 11 .auto-- 25 matically forms a-collar about. the neck of the wearer] Themodificationillustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 shows merely" an enlarged flap '30 adapted to replace fiap 16. (Fig. 1)1which fiap can be folded into a, hood 31'shown in Fig. 6.: The

flap 30 is fastened alongslitll only-along part of its length as at 32,so that whenthe article is used as a garment this flap 30 may be wrapped about the head of the wearer in 35 turban fashion. V

It is obvious that the embodiments herein disclosed are only. illustrative examples and are capable .of wide variationand design z without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.- I, therefore, do not wish to, restrict myself to the details shown and described. -WhatI claim is: r "f -1.

1. An article of manufacture consisting of a substantially rectangular piece of flexible material having a plurality oftransversal incisions and-serving in unfolded conditionas V a: spread and in folded condition, as a gararound the neck of the wearer and the other incisions dividing said material into sections foldable aboutpthe arms and trunk of the wearer, and means for fastening said sections in folded position including straps attached to'one of the fac'esofsaid material near the neck incision and adaptedtocooperate with cooperating" means 'onfedges of said other in cisions for retaining the. section folded rearwardly around the trunk of-the wearer in po-. Siti'on; 1:2 1:

3. In a device as a belt is attached to"the opposite face of said material. fromsaid fstraps near one of said other 'incisions'whereby the section folded forward y about the runk of the .wearer may be retained in position.-. c v 4. An article,ofmanufacture consisting of a Piece e' ma r mean gt e on whereby 'said' material in; folded "condition mayjserveas av garment andiinunfolded con section adapted to be folded... rearwardly about the trunk ofa wearer and asect ion adapted to-be-folded forwardly aboutv the trunk of the" wearer; an incision in said, ma-

idition as aflspread said means'includingsa terial adapted toengage around the neck of f saidwearer, straps attached toone oftheif;

faces of saic'l m'aterial near saidneck incision having means ada'pted to cooperate with 00- operating means'on saidrearwardly foldable I section for retaining said section in position ab'out'the trunk of the wearer and means for retaining fsaid" forwardly folded section in position about the trunkjof the wearer; V I Intestimony whereof I affix my signature;

. J'- .ARNOLDKQRFF.

ment, one of saidjincisionsi servingto engage around the neck of; the wearerandthe other tached to one of the facesof said material and having means'adapted to cooperate with cooperating means for'retaining the section folded rearwardly around the trunk of the wearer whenin folded position.

. 2. An articleofmanufacture consisting of a substantially rectangularpiece of flexible material having a plurality of transverse in- 90 cisions,. saidarticle adjusted to serve as a the longitudinal edges of each in'cis'ion and adaptedLto normally-overlap the saidin'cision,

66 one of said incisions serving to"'-engage incisions forming sections foldable around" the arms and trunk'of thet-wearer, strapfsat garment infolded position and as a spread in unfolded position, aflapjfixed to one of 

